(Paper) SBI Clerk 1st SITTING EXAM Paper - 2011 "Held On 15-11-2009"

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1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word BRIGHTEN each of which has as many letters between them-in the word as in the English alphabet?

A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. More than three

2. In a certain code FIGHT is written as `39%@4′ and TEARS is written as ‘458©*’.

How is STAGE written in that code?

A. *4835
B. *48%5
C. *84%5
D. *48@5
E. None of these

3. Among A, B, C, D and E each reaching school at a different time, C reaches before D and A and only after B. E is not the last to reach school.

Who among them reached school last?

A D
B. A
C. C
D. Data inadequate
E. None of these

4. What should come next in the number series?

1 8 3 6 5 4 7 2 9 1 8 3 6 5 4 7 2 1 8 3 6 5 4 7 1 8 3 6 5 4

A 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
E. None of these

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A. Jug
B. Cup
C. Mug
D. Pitcher
E. Container

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and -so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A. 93
B. 57
C. 69
D. 65
E. 87

7. If `+’ means `÷’, ‘x’ means `–’, `÷’ means ‘x’ and `–’ means `+’, then-

16 x 8 + 4 – 6 + 3 = ?

A. 130
B. 14
C. 32
D. 18
E. None of these

8. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters ERDU using each letter only once in each word?

A None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. More than three

9. In a column of 20 boys, D is fourteen from the front and F is ninth from the bottom. How many boys are there between D and F?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. Data inadequate
E. None of these

10. In a certain code BROADEN is written as NQABOFE. How is DESKTOP written in that code?

A RDCLQPU
B. TFELQPU
C. RDCJQPU
D. EF1LONS
E. None of these

11. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 27651489 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number?

A. None
B. Three
C. Two
D. One
E. More than three

Q. 12-17: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

M, P, D, Q, T, R, B and W are sitting around a circle facing at the center. D is second to the left of M who is third to the right of P. W is third to the right of Q who is second to the left of B. R is third to the right of T.

12. Who is third to the left of M?

A D
B. W
C. P
D. Data inadequate
E. None of these

13. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of R?

A. BM
B. QW
C. WM
D. BT
E. None of these

14. Who is fourth to the right of W?

A.T
B. M
C. Q
D. D
E. Data inadequate

15. Who is second to the right of M?

A. B
B. W
C. P
D. R
E. Data inadequate

16. Who is second to the right of P?

A.T
B. B
C. W
D. Data inadequate
E. None of these

17. In which of the following pairs is the first person sitting to the immediate right of the second person?

A. PD
B. WP
C. BW
D. RQ
E. MQ

Q. 18-23: Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

R @ F δ 3 l # M D U P 4 H © T 8 W N * A Q 5 E B I $ J % y 2 7

18. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A. MD 1
B. 4 H P
C. 8 W T
D. Q 5 A
E. J % $

19. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is .immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a letter?

A None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. More than three

20. If all the numbers are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the eleventh from the left end?

A. P
B. Q
C. N
D. ©
E. None of these

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21. What should come next in the following series based on the above arrangement?

F 3 I D P 4 T W N

A. 5 B I
B. Q E I
C. Q E B
D. Q 5 B
E. None of these

22. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a consonant?

A None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. More than three

23. Which of the following is the eigth to the right of the seventeenth from the right end of the above arrangement?

A E
B. D
C. #
D. I
E. None of these

Q. 24-29: In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II & III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

24. Statements: All telephones are wires. All wires are tents. All tents are cans.

Conclusions:

I. Some cans are wires.
II. Some tents are telephones.
III. Some cans are telephones

A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All I, II and III follow
E. None of these

25. Statements: Some cards are pictures. All pictures are paints. Some paints are nails.

Conclusions:

I. Some paints are cards.
II. Some nails are cards.
III. Some nails are pictures.

A. None follows
B. Only I follows
C. Only II follows
D. Only III follows
E. Only I and II follow

26. Statements: All walls are glasses. No glass is table. Some tables are windows.

Conclusions:

I. Some windows are walls.
II Some tables are walls.
III. Some windows are glasses.

A. None follows
B. Only I follows
C. Only II follows
D. Only III follows
E. Only I and II follow

27. Statements: All baskets are poles. Some poles are lamps. All lamps are roads.

Conclusions:

I. Some lamps are baskets.
II. Some roads are poles.
III. Some lamps are poles.

A Only I and H follow
B. Only I and III follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. All I, II and III follow
E. None of these

28. Statements: Some leaves are baskets. Some baskets are flowers. Some flowers are lakes.

Conclusions:

I. Some lakes are baskets.
II. Some flowers are lakes.
III. No lake is basket.

A Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. Only either I or III follows
E. None of these

29. Statements: All pictures are bands. Some bands are chairs. Some chairs are tables.

Conclusions:

I. Some tables are bands.
II. Some chairs are pictures.
III. Some tables are pictures.

A. None follows
B. Only I follows
C. Only II follows
D. Only I and H follow
E. Only III follows

Q. 30-35: In the following questions, the symbols @, δ, *, $ and % are used with the following meanings as illustrated below.

`P δ Q’ means `P is not smaller than Q’.
`P * Q’ means is not greater than Q’.
`P % Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
`P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
`P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’. Now in each of thefollowing questions assuming the given staements to be true, find which of the three conclusions I, II and III given below them is/ are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

30. Statements: B % N, N δ F, F * H

Conclusions:

I. H $ N
II. F % B
III. B % H

A. Only I and II are true
B. Only I and III are true
C. Only II and III are true
D. None is true
E. All I, II and III are true

31. Statements: W δ F, F % K, K $ M

Conclusions:

I. M % F
II. M δ F
III. W $ K

A. Only I is true
B. Only II is true
C. Only either I or II is true
D. Only III is true
E. None of these

32. Statements: W $ B, B @ M, M * R

Conclusions:

I. R $ B
II. R @ B
III. M% W

A. Only either I or II is true
B. Only either I or II and III are true
C. Only III is true
D. All I, II and III are true
E. None of these

33. Statements: M * D, D $ K, K @ T

Conclusions:

I. T % D
II. K % M
II. M % T

A. Only I is true
B. Only II is true
C. Only III is true
D. Only I and III are true
E. None of these

34. Statements: K @ F, F $ M, M δ T

Conclusions:

I. T % F
II. M % K
III K $ T

A. Only I and II are true
B. Only I and III are true
C. Only II and III are true
D. All I, II and III are true
E. None of these

35. Statements: N * A, A % B, B δ D

Conclusions:

I. D % A
II. B $ N
II. N % D

A None is true
B. Only I is true
C. Only II is true
D. Only III is true
E. Only I and II are true

Q. 36-40: In each of the questions given below which one of the .five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

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